Study programme - Disapproved
Academic year:
 2025/2026
Study programme:
 Archaeology (moAE)
(Single degree study, master II. deg., full time form)
Teaching languages: English, Slovak
Study field:
 15. Historical Sciences
Person responsible for the delivery, development and quality of the study programme:
 prof. Timothy Forbes Taylor, PhD.

Study section
Compulsory courses

Block: Spoločný základ min. 38 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-205/15  Methodology of Archaeology - M. Bača, T. Taylor 1/W    1L + 1S     H   5   C      
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-204/15  Introduction to Archaeological Science 2 - R. Salisbury 1/W    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-202/15  Central Europe in the Middle Ages - T. König, M. Mordovin 1/W    3L     H   5   C      
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-200/15  European Stone Age and Early Metal Ages - T. Taylor 1/S    3L     H   5   C      
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-201/15  From the Hallstatt Period to Migration Period - M. Bača, A. Vrtel 1/S    3L     H   5   C      
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-203/15  Field Theory and Practice 3 - A. Vrtel 1/S    2S     H   5   C      
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-410/16  Master's Degree Thesis Seminar - M. Bača, T. König, A. Vrtel, R. Salisbury, T. Taylor, M. Mordovin 2/W    2S     H   3        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-206/15  Professional Training - A. Vrtel 2/S    2tX     H   5        
 
Compulsory elective courses

Block: Spoločný základ min. 52 credits
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-301/15  European Bronze Age - M. Bača 1/W    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-400/15  The La Tène Period in Europe - A. Vrtel 1/W    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-401/15  Early Medieval Period in Central Europe - T. König 1/S    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-001/20  Elective Course in Prehistoric Archaeology - M. Bača, R. Salisbury 1/S    2S     H   4        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-002/20  Elective Course in Proto-Historic and Historic Archaeology - T. König, A. Vrtel 1/S    2S     H   4        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-300/15  Neolithic Period in Europe - R. Salisbury 2/W    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-306/24  The Hallstatt Period in Europe - A. Vrtel 2/W    2S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-405/15  The Roman Period and Migration of Nations within the Context of European Development - A. Vrtel 2/W    2S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-406/15  Life and Culture in Medieval Europe - M. Mordovin 2/W    2L     H   5        
 FiF.KVD/A-moHI-121/00  Introduction into the Study of Medieval History - V. Múcska 2/W    2P     H   5        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-305/15  Aeneolithic Period in Europe - J. Mellnerová 2/S    2S     H   5       !  
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-024/00  Professional Field Trip 1 - M. Bača, T. König, A. Vrtel, T. Taylor, R. Salisbury 1, 2/S    5dX     H   4        
 
Elective courses

Block: Spoločný základ
Subject code Subject title - Teacher Ac. year
/Semester		 Range
and form		 Con-
cluding		 Credits Core
course		 Current
 FiF.KSD/A-boHI-521/00  HS: Reading Medieval Latin Texts - J. Palko 1/W    2S     H   3        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-308/23  Environmental Archaeology - R. Salisbury 1/S    2S     H   5        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-208/25  Information Technologies in Archaeology 2 - M. Bača 1/S    2S     H   4        
 PriF.KIHG/A-moAE-039/12  Case Studies of Applying Methods of Archaeological-Geophysical Research - R. Pašteka, R. Putiška, A. Mojzeš, B. Brixová 1/S    2L + 1P     H   4        
 FiF.KArch/A-boAE-136/25  The birth of art: from cave painting to the axial age - T. Taylor 2/S    2L     H   4        
 FiF.KKSF/A-boKF-024/15  Ancient Mythology - B. Machajdíková 2/S    2L     H   4       !  
 

State exams
Compulsory courses

Block: Predmety štátnej skúšky min. 27 credits
Subject code Subject title Credits Current
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-501/15  Master's Degree Thesis Defence   OB   15        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-502/15  Methods of Archaeology   SS   4        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-503/15  Housing Archaeology   SS   4        
 FiF.KArch/A-moAE-504/15  Burial Rites and Spiritual Ideas   SS   4        
 

Such a symbol can occur after the teaching range: d - days in a semester, h - hours in a week, r - hours in a year, s - hours in a semester, t - weeks in a semester
When none of these symbols are given, expected range of teaching is "hours in a week".
Form: L - lecture, S - seminar, P - practicals, X - practice, C - course, E - excursion, TS - training session, IW - independent work, p - practical, FW - fieldwork, O - other, I - internship, LP - laboratory practicals, LS - lecture + seminar
Current: ! - course will not be implemented in the given academic year; + - course will not be implemented, perhaps the next academic year; - - course is implemented for the last time